Everyone on this website knows the story and the saying. It’s not a matter of if, but when hackers will gain access to hacking tools that would allow them to decrypt devices if tech giants like Apple or Google made such tools.
Well Apple didn’t comply with the FBI in that well known case, but there was another firm that helped the FBI gain access to encrypted iPhone. And their hacking tools were just leaked online: Firm That Helped FBI Break Into San Bernardino iPhone Gets Hacked, Tools Leaked Online | Redmond Pie
[quote]If you cast your mind back to when Apple refused to unlock an iPhone 5c for the authorities following the San Bernardino incident last year, the company made the argument that if it created a tool for opening up an encrypted iPhone, then it would create the potential for that tool to then fall into the wrong hands and ultimately make iPhone encryption obsolete.
The FBI didn’t agree with this and went ahead and found someone else to do the hacking – Israeli firm Cellebrite.
In a turn of events that have more than a hint of irony to them, Cellebrite has now had their own servers hacked, with most parts of that iPhone hacking tool now leaked on the internet.[/quote]